Originally Posted by
IAATM
Might you have any experience interlining from UA to AR? I'm thinking about flying IAH-EZE on UA, and then going overland from EZE to AEP, before flying from AEP-MVD on AR (who just joied SkyTeam).
I see on expertflyer.com that UA publishes a fare for this routing, so I'm about to pick up the phone and call UA's 1k desk to see if SHARES can automatically (or manually) price it out for me. It appears that this routing might be cheaper than routing IAH-GRU-MVD and more comfortable than routing IAH-PTY-MVD.
Assuming UA can price it, and UA is willing/able to sell it to me, I'm curious to hear if anyone else has tried this, and how well (or poorly) it's worked? For example did you get your AR boarding pass in IAH? Were your bags at least tagged through to MVD?
Any other pros/cons that folks might care to suggest are welcome!
You could land in EZE. Take Manuel Tienda Leon Bus
http://www.tiendaleon.com.ar/home/home.asp to the Buquebus Terminal and if you book in advance with SeaCat
http://www.seacatcolonia.com/index.php?sitelanguaje=EN ( same terminal ) the crossing and Bus to MVD is less than $25 and Leon is about $15. Just a thought.. I have done it before as well and it was a fun journey. AR is very prone to delays and Pluna was the low cost air alternative and they were recently shut down.. BTW the Visa is $160 and only charged at air crossings not land.